Latest New Jersey Headlines
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N.J., N.Y. Have Worst Tax Climates for Business, Report Says
Jan 26 2012 // New Jersey and New York have the worst tax climates in the nation for business, according to a new report by the Tax Foundation,a Washington, D.C.-based research firm. Two other Northeastern states, Vermont and Rhode...
N.J. Amends 25% of PIP Reform Proposals, Reflecting Public Comments
Jan 25 2012 // New Jersey’s Department of Banking and Insurance has amended some 25 percent of its personal injury protection (PIP) rule proposals, after reviewing and incorporating recommendations from a mountain of public comment...
N.J. to Use Face-Recognition Technology, Scan License Photos for Fraud
Jan 24 2012 // New Jersey is preparing to use facial-recognition technology to scan 18 million photographs for signs of driver’s license fraud. Photos that are flagged as suspicious will be reviewed before that person can renew...
New Jersey High Court Clears County in Bicyclist’s Death
Jan 23 2012 // New Jersey’s Supreme Court says Essex County cannot be held liable for the 2001 death of a bicyclist who suffered a massive head injury while riding on the shoulder of a county-owned road. Mathi Kahn-Polzo and four...
Virginia, New Jersey Get High Marks in Building Code Report
Jan 23 2012 // The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, an industry group, issued a new report this month that analyzes residential building codes in the 18 hurricane-prone coastal states along the Gulf of Mexico and the...
N.J. Court Rules for Allstate in Agency Lawsuits
Jan 23 2012 // Allstate said the Superior Court of New Jersey has entered judgment in favor of Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company, a unit of Allstate Insurance Company, and dismissed claims in the franchise lawsuits filed against...
New Jersey’s Insurance Regulator Considine to Step Down: Report
Jan 22 2012 // Tom Considine, commissioner of New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, is planning to step down in February, according to a local report, citing sources familiar with the matter. The Star-Ledger reported on Sunday,...
Teen Driver Bill Fails to Get New Jersey Governor’s Support
Jan 21 2012 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie refused to sign into law a bill that aimed to make younger drivers safer. The bill would have changed the state’s graduated driver’s license program to require novice drivers to...
N.J. Siblings Indicted for Auto Insurance Claims Fraud
Jan 19 2012 // Authorities in New Jersey announced last week that a Union City woman and her Jersey City brother were indicted for their alleged roles in a scheme to submit false auto insurance claims. According to Acting Insurance Fraud...
$100M Gender Bias Suit Filed Against Quest Diagnostics in New Jersey
Jan 17 2012 // Female sales representatives for Quest Diagnostics are accusing the diagnostic testing company of gender discrimination in a $100 million federal lawsuit. The federal lawsuit was filed Thursday in Newark, N.J., by two...
N.J.-based Exceptional Risk Advisors Appoints Head of Sports Division
Jan 11 2012 // Exceptional Risk Advisors, a Lloyds’ of London managing general underwriter in Mahwah, N.J., appointed Chris Lack to head up its sports and entertainment division. Chris Lack Lack will lead Exceptional Risk...
N.J. Court Rules in Favor of Allstate in Agency Franchise Lawsuits
Jan 7 2012 // Allstate announced on Friday that the Superior Court of New Jersey has entered judgment in favor of Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate Insurance Company, and dismissed all claims...
N.J.-based Bollinger Acquires Argent Professional Insurance Agency
Jan 6 2012 // Short Hills, N.J.-based insurance broker Bollinger acquired Argent Professional Insurance Agency in Warren, N.J. Bollinger said the acquisition would help bolster its professional liability insurance brokerage...
MedPro Completes Acquisition of New Jersey-based Princeton Insurance
Jan 5 2012 // Medical Protective Co. (MedPro), a medical professional liability insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway, announced this week the completion of its acquisition of Princeton Insurance Co. Princeton Insurance is a New...
N.J. Court: State Not Responsible for Fatal Accident on Highway
Dec 28 2011 // State transportation officials who declined to fund a new pedestrian walkway over a southern New Jersey highway cannot be held responsible for a 2003 accident that killed a boy and injured his younger brother, a state...
New Jersey Doctors Arrested in Alleged Kickback Scheme
Dec 15 2011 // Federal authorities charged more than a dozen doctors Tuesday in an alleged kickback scheme, accusing them of receiving cash payments for referring patients to a northern New Jersey diagnostic facility for tests. U.S....
Male Pedestrians More Likely to be Struck Than Females on N.J. Roads
Dec 14 2011 // Male pedestrians are more likely to be struck and killed than females on New Jersey roads. That’s one of the findings in the 2011 Pedestrian Safety Tracking Report conducted by the Voorhees Transportation Center at...
Insurers Finally Get Right to Jury Trial in New Jersey
Dec 5 2011 // Forty years ago the New Jersey Supreme Court in Rova Farms Resort, Inc. v. Investors Ins. Co. of America, 65 N.J. 474, 323 A.2d 495 (1974), recognized a cause of action against an insurance company in situations where the...
AXIS Capital Hires North American Professional Lines Chief in N.J.
Dec 2 2011 // AXIS Capital Holdings’ insurance segment appointed John Van Decker as Berkeley Heights, N.J.-based executive vice president and head of North American professional lines. In this newly created position, Van Decker is...
New Jersey Declared Disaster Area for October Snowstorm
Dec 2 2011 // President Obama has issued a major disaster declaration for New Jersey for the late October snowstorm that played havoc with roads, trees and power lines around the state. The declaration issued Wednesday evening paves the...
